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Historical Archive: Byzantine wood and non-miniature stone sculpture



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Constantius II? El Bab, Syria, c.335-61, Penn L-51-1, which has its own page
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woman praying, limestone, late 4th c Egypt, Pushkin
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allegory of the Nile: crocodile, Egypt 5th c., Leiden
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Symeon the Elder or Symeon the Younger, 5th-6th c. Syria, basalt, SMBByz 9/63, which has its own page
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reliquary in sarcophagus form, gypsum, 5th-6th c. Apamene, Syria, SMBByz 10/87. For other views see Berlin.
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St. Menas with donors and camels, marble, 5th-7th c. Egypt, KHM I 1144. For details see KHM.
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Eutropios, marble, c.450-75, KHM I 880, which has its own page
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Paulos, founder's inscription, 6th c.? Byzantine marble, Hermitage Ѡ-523
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font relief prob. 6th c., poss. sarcophagus fragment, in Ravenna, Orthodox baptistery, which has its own pages.
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Altar: center structure prob. 6th c., in Ravenna, Orthodox baptistery, which has its own pages.
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lintel with hare, cross, gazelle, and blessing from 6th-7th c. Cairo, wood, KM 0000.01.0192
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lintel with hare, cross, gazelle, and blessing from 6th-7th c. Cairo, wood, KM 0000.01.0192
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Abraham and Isaac, limestone relief, 6th to 7th c., Pushkin
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Apostles, wooden church portal beam, 6th to 7th c. lower Egypt? Pushkin (Not available at higher resolution)
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Apostles, wooden church portal beam, 6th to 7th c. lower Egypt? Pushkin
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sarcophagus "of Honorius", marble, early 6th c., Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna
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cross medallion from the Monastery of Saint Catherine, Mount Sinai, wood and paint, mid 6th c., KM 1963.07.0001
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Sancta Sanctorum reliquary box, Syria/Palestine, late 6th-early 7th c. This work has its own page.
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grave marker of Irene, limestone, 7th c. Fayum, Egypt, KM 0000.02.5920
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grave marker of Irene, limestone, 7th c. Fayum, Egypt, KM 0000.02.5920
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angel with sword and scabbard, marble, Byzantine 9th-10th c., MFAB
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foxes hunting cock, marble, poss. chancel screen, Constantinople 12th c., SMBByz 3250
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bird of prey hunting hooved animal, marble, poss. chancel screen, Constantinople 12th c., SMBByz 3250
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Yakov Fedosov 1359: Lyudogoshch cross, wood, which has its own page
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1380s limestone cross of Archbishop Alexis (left), Novgorod Cathedral, which has its own interior page
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Greek inscription: repair to Constantinople city wall by John VIII. Palaiologos, 1439, marble with lead letters, SMBByz 6390
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Cross fr. Red Field Monastery, wood, c.1500-50, which has its own page
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pew of Archbishop Pimen, 1560, Novgorod Cathedral, which has its own interior page
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standing cross, boxwood with pearls and glass, Greece c.1650-1800, UMMA 1961/1.177. This work has its own page.
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St. Jonah, metropolitan of Moscow, wood and tempera shrine cover from Cathedral of the Assumption, c.1675-1700, KremlinArch. For detail see KremlinArch.